John Drinkwater

Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be…

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse…

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection…

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no…

The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the…

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry…

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best…

Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative…

For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are…

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress…

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is…

There can be no proof that Blake’s lyric is composed of the best words in…

To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry…